personalized learning
4 Ways a Charlotte-Mecklenburg School is Making Learning Personal
By: Dr. Mary Ann Wolf. If you’re looking for an example of a school leading in making learning personal, look no further than The Tar Heel State. Hawk Ridge Elementary may look like an average elementary school from the outside, but upon your first step inside you are greeted with open spaces and eager, empowered students who are encouraged to take ownership of their own education
Harnessing Uncertainty as a Learning Tool
When it comes to how we learn, rarely is something more impactful than navigating uncertainty. Deeper Learning happens when people are in situations where they must simultaneously learn, apply thinking, and reflect.
Personalization + Privacy = Data Backpack
We believe the Student Data Backpack and Expanded Learning Profile address both the potential of student data to personalize learning and a path to protecting student information. This is not just a huge problem to solve, but a huge opportunity to seize.
Summit Public Schools Continue to Innovate and Expand Impact
New schools, summer school, and a national partnership program are keeping Summit Public Schools humming in June and July. And, why in five years there will be 100 Summit managed and Summit partner schools in every corner of the country.
Choosing to Leave Private School for a Self-Directed Journey
By: Colleen Broderick. Not many students consider leaving elite academies to pursue their own learning experience. Nick Bain, a high school junior at Colorado Academy, left school last semester to test the efficacy of agency of his own education.
Why Investing in Learning Mindsets Matters
The role that learning mindsets play in academic performance is being researched thanks to groups such as The Raikes Foundation, who is helping to develop and share tools, strategies and best practices to support the development of academic mindsets that foster learning. Studies show students with strong learning mindsets do better in school and are more likely to graduate from college.
ReSchool Tests A New Framework for Learning
Denver's Donnell-Kay Foundation is sponsoring an effort to design a new education system for Colorado. They learned three lessons from pressure testing early design concepts.
10 Roles for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
As schools shift to personalized, competency-based deeper learning, how will the roles of leaders change? What sorts of skills, habits and mindsets will support these significant changes in education? What roles do leaders play to create and support deeper learning environments? The answers.
Learning is Personal for Your Child
By: Barbara Bray. To really personalize learning, the roles of the teacher and learners change. The learner owns and drives their learning with the guidance of a teacher as partners in learning. The learner may also seek others to support their learning as mentors or advisors.
What I Learned About Deeper Learning From Co-Authoring Preparing Leaders For Deeper Learning
Reflection is an important component of any deeper learning experience. Here is Bonnie's reflection at the conclusion of our latest publication, Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning.